ABC was Monday night’s top network among total viewers (7.502 million) and adults 25-54 (2.1 rating/6 share). “The Bachelor” experienced the best bounce after competing with college football playoff games over the past two Mondays. It gained more than a million total viewers and about 500,000 adults 18-49 from the previous week. TNT was the […]

ESPN’s presentation of College Football Playoff National Championship Championship — the first ever to go to overtime — between Georgia and Alabama (8 p.m. ET, Jan 8) averaged 28,443,000 viewers on its Nielsen-rated networks (ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU as part of its MegaCast production), up 13 percent from last year. The massive audience for Alabama’s […]

The nearly 27 million viewers for the Georgia-Oklahoma Rose Bowl Game simulcast on ESPN and ESPN2 is the fifth most-watched cable telecast of all time. As a result, the College Football Playoff system now represents four of the five most-watched cable telecasts of all time. ESPN’s presentation of the entire New Year’s Six averaged nearly […]

What follows are the Live + Same Day rating results for the night’s top ten cable telecasts in total viewers and adults 18-49 as well as selected other programs on Monday, December 18 (with the night’s cable ranks according to total viewers and adults 18-49 in parentheses): King of the Hill (ADSM, 8:00 PM, 30 […]

ESPN won Monday night among all networks (broadcast or cable) in households, viewers and all key male and adult demos (18-34, 18-49 and 25-54) for the eighth time this season, thanks to “Monday Night Football”. ESPN has also won the night among all key male and adult demos every week this season. The Patriots-Dolphins […]

What follows are the Live + Same Day rating results for the night’s top ten cable telecasts in total viewers and adults 18-49 as well as selected other programs on Monday, December 4 (with the night’s cable ranks according to total viewers and adults 18-49 in parentheses): King of the Hill (ADSM, 8:00 PM, 30 […]

Although ESPN led all key adult and male demos in all of television for the twelfth consecutive Monday night, the Houston Texans at the Baltimore Ravens delivered new season lows for ‘Monday Night Football’ in households (5.1 rating) and total viewers (8.27 million). The previous low was for Colts-Titans on Nov. 13 (5.3 rating, 8.38 […]